The Paleolithic Diet: Exploring The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
If you’re diet and nutrition savvy and spend time browsing related blogs and forums, you may be familiar with the Paleolithic Diet. It’s also called the Caveman Diet, Warrior Diet, and sometimes the Paleo Diet for short. One thing you can call it with a great amount of certainty, however, is controversial.
This is the first in a series of articles that will explore the controversy, look at both sides of the coin, and separate the fact from the fury in the raging Paleo Diet debate.
What is the Paleo Diet? With almost a cult like following, the Paleo Way of Life (as it’s also referred to) prescribes a diet similar to what is perceived to be the ancient diet of cavemen of the Paleolithic period – a period in history that spanned approximately 2.5 million years ago and ended with the agricultural development began around 10,000 years ago. Based on the premise that cavemen of that era were sustained by a diet of wild animals and plants, the Paleo Diet of today is predominately centered on meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, and nuts. As much as 65% of all calories should come from animal sources and the remaining 35% should come from plant-based food. Grains, dairy, refined sugar, legumes, starchy tubers, and processed oils are excluded. That means no bread and potatoes but you can...
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